Merlin vs HotBot vs Monica

Which one fits you in 2026? Traffic, pricing, input → output, tasks and community side by side.

Your tool
Merlin
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Competitor 1
HotBot
Competitor 2
Monica
Competitor 3
Suggested competitors for Merlin: Harpa84% MaxAI82% AI YouTube & Web Summarizer + Instant Translator | TLDRly82% ChatGPT80% Poe80% Voila80% ChatGPT Images80% Claude78%
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3 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool Merlin
getmerlin.in
AI assistant in your browser
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Competitor HotBot
hotbot.com
Most of HotBot works without signing up
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Competitor Monica
monica.im
AI in browser sidebar always ready
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
1.2Mvisits/mo
320Kvisits/mo
5.5Mvisits/mo
MoM change
▼ 13.8%
▲ 3.7%
▲ 1.6%
6-month growth
-9.1%
-34.3%
-29.1%
Global rank web
#46,011
#151,652
#11,688
Avg. last 3 months
1.3M
328.6K
5.6M
Bounce rate lower is better
50%
40%
46%
Pages / visit
2.5
2.6
2.9
Visit duration
4m 15s
1m 13s
2m 44s
Traffic sources
● Direct 83% · ● Referral 14%
● Direct 85% · ● Referral 13%
● Direct 89% · ● Referral 9%
MerlinHotBotMonica
02.1M4.2M6.4M8.5MMerlin · 1.5MMerlin · 1.4MMerlin · 1.4MMerlin · 1.2MMerlin · 1.3MMerlin · 1.3MMerlin · 1.3MMerlin · 1.4MMerlin · 1.4MMerlin · 1.2MHotBot · 533.9KHotBot · 573KHotBot · 687.4KHotBot · 576.1KHotBot · 486.9KHotBot · 466.6KHotBot · 491.5KHotBot · 357KHotBot · 308.6KHotBot · 320KMonica · 8.5MMonica · 8.2MMonica · 8.2MMonica · 7MMonica · 7.7MMonica · 7.9MMonica · 7.3MMonica · 6MMonica · 5.4MMonica · 5.5M100K1M10MMerlin · 1.5MMerlin · 1.4MMerlin · 1.4MMerlin · 1.2MMerlin · 1.3MMerlin · 1.3MMerlin · 1.3MMerlin · 1.4MMerlin · 1.4MMerlin · 1.2MHotBot · 533.9KHotBot · 573KHotBot · 687.4KHotBot · 576.1KHotBot · 486.9KHotBot · 466.6KHotBot · 491.5KHotBot · 357KHotBot · 308.6KHotBot · 320KMonica · 8.5MMonica · 8.2MMonica · 8.2MMonica · 7MMonica · 7.7MMonica · 7.9MMonica · 7.3MMonica · 6MMonica · 5.4MMonica · 5.5MNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
$29per month · free tier available
$7.95per month · free tier available
$8.3per month · free tier available
Free tier
Free trial
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API access
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Plans
Free FreePro $29/moTeams $15/mo
Free FreeWeekly $7.95/otherQuarterly $39.95/other
Plan USD8.30 $8.30/moPlan USD16.60 $16.60/moPlan USD82.90 $82.90/moPlan USD99.00 $99/yr+1 more
Capabilities input → output
Input
DocumentsWeb pagesTextCode
TextImagesDocumentsCodeAudio
ImagesTextWeb pagesDocumentsCode
Output
TextImagesCode
TextImagesCode
CodeImagesTextVideo
Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Categories
Chatbots & CompanionsDesign & CreativeDevelopment & CodeEducation & Learning+21 more
Chatbots & CompanionsAI Chatbot
AI Detection & SafetyChatbots & CompanionsDevelopment & CodeEducation & Learning+23 more
Tasks what each tool can do · 3 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
13
6
13
Chatbots
Coding
Writing
Image generation
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Summarizing
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Translations
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Video summaries
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Mind maps
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Productivity
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Chrome extensions
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Chatting
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Copywriting
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Document summarization
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Grammar checking
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Search engine
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Social media
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Social media posts
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Research
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Video generation
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Voice chatting
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